Tanner Tessmann looked destined to join Serie A giants Inter Milan this summer, but that potential move is in jeopardy of collapsing.
Venezia was open to selling Tessmann to Inter Milan, with hopes that the American midfielder would return on loan for the upcoming season. However, struggles to nail down an official loan agreement or destination for Tessmann could potentially ruin the move before the campaign begins.
Fiorentina, Torino, Bologna, Como, and Everton have all been linked with the 22-year-old this summer, while Venezia would like to retain Tessmann for its return to Serie A play following promotion last May.
Venezia sporting director Filippo Antonelli confirmed the continued interest in Tessmann but also admitted that an official transfer is nowhere close to being completed.
“[The transfer] was closed with the club [Inter]. We wanted to keep the player on loan, but he wants to go elsewhere,” Antonelli said in a press conference Friday. “Inter have been looking for a solution but they still haven’t identified which club he could join on loan. The deal may collapse because of this.
“Torino didn’t call me personally,” he said. “Como did call me and Fiorentina made an inquiry. His agents say that there are many foreign clubs interested, but they haven’t yet called me.”
Tessmann was crucial in Venezia’s promotion back to Serie A, scoring seven goals and adding three assists in 42 combined appearances. The former FC Dallas homegrown has taken part in three Italian seasons with Venezia to date, but very well could be sporting different colors when the 2024-25 campaign begins in August.
Tessmann is currently with the U.S. men’s Olympic team ahead of the start of group stage play in France next week.
Nothing to see here- it’s all silly season posturing. agent speak.
Well hopefully he puts in a strong showing at the Olympics so his bargaining ability increases.
first, what i read suggested the problems include a destination but also “Tessmann’s salary demands, his agents’ fee demands.” i keep saying greed plays some role in some of these odd deal concepts and people have fun at my expense. well, this deal is hung up in part on how much he and his people get paid to go from club A to B to C.
second, along similar lines, it sounds like his agent knows more of who is interested than venezia does — “His agents say that there are many foreign clubs interested, but they haven’t yet called me.” ok, who does that sound like is doing more of the work, venezia, inter, or his agents? sounds like his agents are making most of the calls and only then checking back and seeing what inter and venezia think. in which case, this is about money.
third, if this was primarily about sports, why do i involve inter, who seems to have no interest in me playing there? even everton seems a tad aggressive for someone recently of serie B. common sense and a sporting focus would suggest a more calibrated move, and directly to club C. if my focus is on going someplace i can play, why leave venezia, or why sign with inter, who won’t play me? if i have to leave venezia, i should go directly someplace. to me club B in the middle sounds like it’s about money.
after all, he can leverage the upcoming olympics for this deal, but the smarter long term soccer play, given he’s already on the olympic team, would be set up a situation where he can fight for a world cup slot. moderate level italian teams, holland, championship. not inter or everton. you go to inter and then on loans that’s less predictable or likely. but if you want to cash in on the olympics, you pimp yourself to inter to be an asset on serial loans. you demand a nice little wage and % on deals while you’re at it.
Much like the weeks leading up to the NFL draft, very little that management or agents say publicly “or off the record” is true. Everyone is trying to manipulate the market.
– Without knowing numbers it’s hard to criticize Tanner’s team for being greedy. Just like it’s hard to say Inter is being cheap without knowing what their offer is.
IV,
You’re reading an awful lot into very little.